Ecumenical Patriarch Polykarpos I

Ecumenical Patriarch Polykarpos I (30-89) was the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 68 to 89, succeeding Ecumenical Patriarch Onesimos and preceding Ecumenical Patriarch Plutarchos.

Biography
Polykarpos was born in 30 AD to a family of Orthodox Christian Greeks, and in 68 AD he was appointed Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople after the death of Ecumenical Patriarch Onesimos. Polykarpos was the patriarch until his death in 89, dying during Emperor Diocletian's persecutions of Christians.